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Sunshine Coast Regional District

2015 Budget Summary After Round 1

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Overview- What to Expect

• Introduction

• Budget Process– Key Issues for 2015 Budget

• 2015 Budget Figures

• Assessments

• 2015 Taxation & Fees

• Projects & Other

• Questions & Information

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Update

Review & Approval

Planning

Set Goals & Objectives

The Budget Process

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The Budget Process

Setting Goals and Objectives• Board Strategic

Plan

Planning• Annual

Departmental Work Plans and Initiatives

• Budget Proposal Preparation

Review & Approval• Two Rounds of

Budget Discussions

• Five-Year Financial and Capital Plan Adoption

Updating• Variance

Reporting• Strategic Plan

Updates• Work Plan

Progress Reports

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2015 Timeline

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Round 1 & 2

Variance Reporting; Strategic Plan & Work Plan Updates

Strategic Planning

Budget Process

Work Plan Development

New Strategic Plan Development

Review & Approval

Pre-Budget Planning

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Key Items for 2015 Budget• Recreation Facilities:

– 2014 deficit ($72,147)– $500,000 per year to fund capital maintenance plan

requirements (20year capital maintenance plan shows over $10M required).

– Continuation of legal costs for the Sechelt Aquatic deficiencies ($153,000 increase for 2015).

• Solid Waste– Taxation increase to fund Green Waste Program and

Landfill Closure Costs (Increase in $350,000 in taxation.

• Transit Service Plan Expansion– $150,000 increase over 2014

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2012 2013 2014 2015

$30.20 $30.05 $31.94 $33.96

$12.46 $11.36 $9.57 $5.99

Operating Capital

•*Excludes member municipality debt

Regional District Budget (in millions)

$43.86 Million $42.55 Million $41.45 Million $39.95 Million

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• PLACEHOLDER –BUDGET

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Assessments Jurisdiction % Change

Residential Class

Percent Change in Apportionment

A 4.46 4.47 1.88%

B 3.20 3.90 2.90%

D 3.77 3.68 1.13%

E (-0.75) -0.79 -3.14%

F 3.19 2.35 -1.28%

ToG 3.58 3.69 1.42%

DoS 0.50 0.53 1.78%

SIGD (-1.51) -0.42 -2.11%

Total 2.40 2.40-Amounts as of BC Assessment 2015 “Completed Roll”-Change assumes all functions participate

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Effects of Assessments on Taxation

A B D E F SIGD DoS ToG Total

2015 Budget $1 2,187,648 2,833,687 2,033,455 1,536,655 3,096,045 333,019 3,016,760 1,981,251 17,018,612

2014 Tax by Area $ 2,047,496 2,548,942 1,940,959 1,477,499 2,930,332 312,871 2,776,644 1,799,462 15,834,196

$ Change 140,162 284,745 92,496 59,156 165,713 20,238 240,116 181,789 1,184,417

Total % Change in $ 6.85% 11.17% 4.77% 4.00% 5.66% 6.47% 8.65% 10.10% 7.48%

$ Change Due to Assessments 20,028 125,874 3,782 (47,223) (58,258) (7,856) (49,142) 12,796

% Change 0.98% 4.94% 0.19% -3.20% -1.99% -2.51% -1.77% 0.71%

1includes combination of rates for both land & improvements and improvements only

What does this mean?•The property taxes apportioned to each jurisdiction would have changes by the percentage shown in the “% Change” column, even if the amount of property taxation remained unchanged.

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2015 Residential Tax by Area

A1 B1 D1 E1 F1 SIGD2 DoS2 ToG2 Total

Average Residential % Change3 2.92% 4.60% 4.46% 2.98% 7.36% 4.44% 5.99% 9.15% 5.31%

Approximate SCRD Portion of Total Tax Bill

24% 35% 35% 24% 28% 26% 22% 23%

Estimated % Increase to Total Tax Bill

0.70% 1.61% 1.56% 0.72% 1.69% 1.15% 1.32% 2.10%

1Based on samples of 2014 Surveyor of Tax notices-amounts may vary by property 2Based on 2014 rates per municipal website or provided by municipal staff3Rates as set by the Province are as follows:

• Business Rates- 2.45 times residential rate• Major & Light Industry- 3.4 times residential rate• Utilities- 3.5 residential rate

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Parcel Taxes & User FeesType Actual %

Increase2014 Rate 2015 Rate Difference

Regional Water

3.75% $248.27 P/T$231.79 U/F

$252.46 P/T$246.62 U/F

$18.02

North Pender 5.04% $293.25 P/T$207.74 U/F

$307.91 P/T$218.31 U/F

$25.23

South Pender 5.00% $297.05 P/T$328.31 U/F

$311.90 P/T$344.73 U/F

$31.27

Refuse Collection

5.00% $133.16 $139.82 $6.66

Community Recreation*

0% $113.45 P/T $113.45 P/T $0

Pender Harbour Pool*

0% $25.00 P/T $25.00 P/T $0

P/T= Parcel Tax; U/F- User Fee*Community Recreation Parcel Tax charged on improvements only

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Summary of a few New Projects

•Gibsons & District Fire Dept.• $23k(r)- Fire-hall maintenance• $40k(r)-Increased gear, training, &

equipment related items•Halfmoon Bay & Roberts Creek Fire Dept.

• $5K(s)-Facility audits•Egmont Fire Dept.

• $50K(r)/donation- New fire truck•911 Emergency Telephone

• $205k(r)(t)-Tower upgrades

(t)-taxation (r)- reserves (s)- surplus (f) user fees (d) debt (g) grants

Protection Services

Transportation•Transit

• $100K(t)-Service enhancement• $68k (t)(r)- 2014 deficit

Environmental Services•Regional Solid Waste

• $92k(s)(r)- Increase regulatory & safety related items

• $935k(r)(t)-Pender Landfill Closure related costs

•Refuse Collection• $37k(f)- Increase contract costs

Water Utility Services•Regional Water

• $1.02M(f)- Capital maintenance• $50K-Universal metering

engagement• North & South Pender Water

• $75k(r)-McNeill Lk Dam (SPH)• $120K(r)-Wesjac Rd(SPH)

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New Projects Continued…

Planning & Development

•Rural & Regional Planning• $23K(t)-Affordable housing (rural)• $7K (s) for Agricultural Area Plan

Implementation & Invasive species

Recreation & Culture

•Community Recreation Facilities• 2014 Deficit- $72K regarding 2014

projects that were not funded• $153k(t)-Legal costs for Sechelt

Pool • $500K(t)-Capital repairs• $60k(t)-Increased operating costs

•Libraries & Museum• 6% increase for Sechelt Library• 5% increase for Gibsons Library • 1.2% increase for Museums

Parks & Cycling Paths

•Community Parks• Over $300K(t)(s)(r)-Capital

maintenance, equipment replacement, & new park projects

•Bicycle & Walking Paths• $230k(g)-New path

infrastructure Area B, & E • $270k(g)-New path planning

projects Area A, D, E, & F

(t)-taxation (r)- reserves (s)- surplus (f) user fees (d) debt (g) grants

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Support Services

Support Services 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

Amount $3,342,641 $3,128,880 3,034,768 $3,081,287 $3,056,505

Change from Prior Year in $ 123,090 213,761 94,112 (-46,519) 24,782

% change 3.68% 6.83% 3.10% (-1.51% 0.81%

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2015 Staffing Plan

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015180

182

184

186

188

182.42 182.11

184.1

185.64

186.79

Human Resources Plan

Full Time Equiva-lents

2015-Staff Increases:• Gibsons & District Fire- Training Officer•Transit-Service Expansion•Fleet- Mechanic

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2015 Staffing Plan

2015 2014 2013

Full Time Equivalents 186.79 185.64 184.10

Summary of Changes*

•G&DVFD-Training Officer•Transit- Service Expansion•Fleet- Mechanic •Decrease in Recycling•Decrease-Bylaw & Animal Control

• Election Support•Transit-Service Expansion•Recreation-Facility Maintenance•Decrease-Landfill Service

•South Pender Harbour Water (SPHW) Treatment Plant•Pender Pool- Extended hours•Gibsons Pool- Increased hours

*See approved HR Staffing Plan for changes

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Decisions for Round 2• General Government:

– Strategic Planning & Citizen Survey

• Public Transit:– Phase 2 of the Transit Expansion (base budget increases)– Increase for Transit Service person

• Regional Solid Waste

– Regional Recycling-Multi Materials BC revenues/enhanced recycling services

• Community Recreation:– Additional capital maintenance funding– Increase in staffing for Program Coordinator

• Dakota Ridge:– Minor Equipment purchases– Alternate power source (possible grant funding)

• Finalize all budgets in preparation for Budget Adoption

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Sunshine Coast Regional Hospital District (SCRHD)

– St Mary’s Hospital, a $45.6 Million project where the RHD (community) is funding $15.9 Million.

– Phase 3- renovation project to begin in 2015- $5.2.

– Approval in principle to fund an additional $548K toward the Clinical & Systems Transformation Project for a Closed Loop Medication Management system, funded from reserves.

– Continued commitment to fund $240K toward minor capital equipment.

– 2015 Provisional Budget estimates taxation of $1,908,463 2014-) $1,823,714. Increase over 2014 is for an increase to contribution to reserves to fund additional capital needs at St. Mary’s

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Questions & InformationBudget Info:

Budget documents: http://www.scrd.ca/Budget

Provide budget feedback: http://www.scrd.ca/budgetfeedback

Round 2 Budget Meeting: Monday, March 9th @ 9amYou may contact our office:

by Phone: 604-885-6800

website: www.scrd.ca

by mail: Sunshine Coast Regional District

1975 Field Road

Sechelt, B.C., V0N 3A1

Questions?